Nuclear Factor in the Russia-Ukraine War, Security Guarantees for Ukraine and Global Security

November 22, 2025

Media

Public event "Nuclear Factor in the Russia-Ukraine War, Security Guarantees for Ukraine and Global Security".

Organizer: Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation. 

Participants:

Valeriy Chalyi — Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Crisis Media Centre, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the USA (2015–2019).

Oleh Shamshur — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the USA (2005–2010) and France (2015–2020).

Oleksiy Melnyk — Co-Director of Foreign Policy and International Security Programmes at Razumkov Centre (TBC)

Oleksiy Haran — Research Advisor at the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Professor of Politics at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Mariia Zolkina — Head of Regional Security and Conflict Studies at the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Associate Fellow at the London School of Economics (online). Moderator: Taras ZHOVTENKO — Acting Executive Director, International Security Analyst at the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.

  

https://razumkov.org.ua/statti/yadernyi-chynnyk-u-rosiiskoukrainskii-viini-garantii-bezpeky-ukraini-ta-globalna-bezpeka

Oleksiy Melnyk

Co-Director, Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes, Coordinator of International Projects


Born in 1962 in Khmelnytsty Rgn

Education:

Royal College of Defence Studies, London, UK (2007)

Air Field Operations Officer School, Biloxy, MS, US (2001)

Squadron Officer School, Montgomery, AL, US (1994)

Defence Language Institute, San Antonio, TX, US (1994)

Chernihiv Higher Military Air Force Academy, Ukraine (1984)

Employment:

1980 – 2001 — Air Force Active Service (Cadet, Instructor Pilot, Flight Commander, Squadron Commander, Deputy Air Force Base Commander, Participant of two UN peacekeeping operations, Lt.Colonel (Ret)

2001 – 2004 — Razumkov Centre

2004 – 2005 — State Company Ukroboronservice

2005 – 2008 — Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Head Organisational and Analytical Division — First Assistant to Minister of Defence

(044) 201-11-95

melnyk@razumkov.org.ua

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